Upcycled Plant Markers for your Garden

I'm excited to be collaborating with some very talented blogging friends in what we're calling, the Creative DIY Team, bringing you lots of home and garden DIY ideas that you can incorporate in your own home.

Hi friends,

I'm excited to be collaborating with some very talented blogging friends in what we're calling, the Creative DIY Team, bringing you lots of home and garden DIY ideas that you can incorporate in your own home.

At the end of this post you will find the links to the other projects my friends have tackled.

My long time dream of having a vegetable garden in my own backyard got fulfilled last month.

Well, my son was the one giving me lots of encouragement. ;) We worked together on cleaning and setting the bed, you can see the progress right HERE.

The plants have been growing, and he's helping me take care of it. But, I knew some plant markers were necessary for him and his sister to better identify each plant.

The main material used for these garden markers were coffee cup lids. Yep, I have a good stash of them.
My husband uses the cups, but he doesn't need the lids so, I've been collecting them, and other than this project right HERE, I've been at a loss with what to do with them.

My idea was the super easy...

"Let's write the plant names on the lids, stick a piece of wood on the back on them and that's it!"

But, oh oh, it was hard to read those names because of the engraved markings on the lids.
Hmmm, perhaps, if you do it at the top and bottom it works fine.

Though, the picky in me couldn't tolerate that. I found in my stash self-adhesive chalkboard sheets and cut out circles to cover the problematic area.